# CVE-2018-11632: Cross-site request forgery in n/a

> An attacker can trick an admin into changing plugin settings via CSRF, requiring no special configuration.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 31 May 2018
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-v4r4-cgq6-827p

## What is CVE-2018-11632?

CVE-2018-11632 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 31 May 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

An issue was discovered in the MULTIDOTS Add Social Share Messenger Buttons Whatsapp and Viber plugin 1.0.8 for WordPress. If an admin user can be tricked into visiting a crafted URL created by an attacker (via spear phishing/social engineering), the attacker can change the plugin settings via wp-admin/admin-post.php CSRF. There's no nonce or capability check in the whatsapp_share_setting_add_update() function.

Weakness: CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-11632?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Multidots Add Social Share Messenger Buttons Whatsapp and Viber.

## How do I fix CVE-2018-11632?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-11632 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2018-11632 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-11632 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2018-11632 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2018-11632 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 31 May 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-11632 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-11632/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-11632/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-11632
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-11632
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-11632

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-11632/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.